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Post by esshup on Feb 13, 2022 1:40:22 GMT -5
O.K. Thanks. I have heard of guys carrying a loaded cap and ball revolver because it's not a "firearm", but I didn't know they were allowed to carry a firearm as long as they had a CCW.
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Post by beermaker on Feb 13, 2022 7:27:19 GMT -5
Workers banding together and taking action to stand up for their rights, and Republicans are supporting it! I can't believe it! Welcome aboard brothers! I believe all sensible people support causes that make sense. The truckers are trying to work, which is essential for the supply chain and economy as a whole. I don't think the same people are going to support a particular group, like say a teachers' union, that is trying to get out of working. By the way, absolutely no disrespect intended towards good teachers. Like most groups, it's the small minority of bad ones that make everyone else look bad. Except for the big-city unions. Chicago is a prime example.
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Post by trapperdave on Feb 13, 2022 12:32:13 GMT -5
Coming from a trucker... they aren't going to like the outcome if they try that. 1. Felonies for sabbotaging a cmv 2. Good way to catch a severe butt whooping..... or some hot lead ( the last poll I saw in one of my trucker groups showed 76% of drivers have some form of "personal protection" in their truck..... always a glock in mine) Funny how their answer to a PEACEFUL protest is VIOLENCE..... Come get you some Sad part is.... of all people to stand up, it's the Canadians. More backbone and testicular fortitude than us yanks. #whodathunkit Trapperdave, what's the penalty (if caught) for having a firearm in a DOT vehicle? There is NO penalty because there is NO law prohibiting it. Never has been any such law. And a truck is considered a truckers home so regardless of any state laws one can still have a firearm in truck. It MAY, per local ordinance, be required to be in the sleeper and unloaded. But law enforcement would need a search warrant backed by probable cause to even search the sleeper berth, as I said..its our home and must be treated as such. Some company policies prohibit it... but that is not law.
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Post by greghopper on Feb 13, 2022 13:40:20 GMT -5
If it’s same as your home you shouldn’t need a license and you should be able to have alcohol in the sleeper with guns and ammo!😉
Interesting…..
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Post by deadeer on Feb 13, 2022 14:54:47 GMT -5
Company rules are final say if you arent owner operator.
Local laws have final say per location.
Indiana has been ok for gun in truck as long as I heard about. Just read Congess passed law in 2017 for all state reciprocity with a state issued permit.
Company rules say a lot of things that dont always get followed either. I work by myself at night often and in a crime infested area. Rules dont always apply when your life can be in danger.😉 Better to be alive than lose a job.
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Post by Huntnfreak on Feb 13, 2022 15:33:25 GMT -5
I can guarantee you that I wouldn’t drive for any company that had a policy stating you couldn’t carry to protect yourself as you drive across the country for THEM!!
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Post by Russ Koon on Feb 13, 2022 18:32:40 GMT -5
Yep, sometimes company policy is "law".... and sometimes not so much.
I never drove trucks commercially, but did drive part-time driving vehicles between dealerships after I retired from my career as a toolmaker. We often drove out-of-state and after a couple deliveries to Chicago and Detroit, I began to think what an attractive target we made. A small group of old retired guys driving new or nearly new vehicles, with dealer plates, and probably headed for the state line, so not likely to be legally armed, and often not even in visible contact at all times.
Company policy was, of course, to go unarmed. A couple of discrete questions to more experienced members of the fellow drivers confirmed my suspicion that I wouldn't be the only one with a "belly gun" for that possible need if it arrived.
I think it may have couple of a little more careful about our obedience to traffic laws and speed limits, and we did try to maintain visual contact when we could.
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Post by trapperdave on Feb 13, 2022 20:03:08 GMT -5
If it’s same as your home you shouldn’t need a license and you should be able to have alcohol in the sleeper with guns and ammo!😉 Interesting….. There is a law prohibiting alcohol ANYWHERE in the truck. Total BS IMO considering OTR drivers are stuck in truck for a 34 hr reset. By law, even outside truck..home hotel whatever..... can not drive truck for 24hrs after consumption. Be a hard one to prove but it's on the books. And unlike regular citizens... cdl holders are dui at .04 instead of .08 Mouthwash can get you popped
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